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Oil company Erin Energy on Tuesday announced the arrival of the Pacific Drilling-owned drillship, the Pacific Bora, to the Oyo field offshore Nigeria. Erin executed a drilling services contract with Pacific Drilling for the use of the Pacific Bora back in March. Under the contract, the drillship is working under a base operating rate of $195,000 per day. […]

Independent oil & gas exploration company Hyperdynamics Corporation has signed a letter of award with drilling contractor Pacific Drilling to engage the Pacific Bora drillship. The rig will be used for a drilling campaign offshore the Republic of Guinea in the second quarter of 2017. The letter of award also enables Hyperdynamics to extend the […]

Pacific Drilling S.A. announced today that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Bora commenced operations at the Agbami Field in Nigeria on August 10, 2011. The rig is contracted for three years to a wholly owned Chevron subsidiary. The Pacific Bora is capable of operating in water depths of up to 10,000 feet and drilling wells […]

Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of Chevron, has signed a firm contract extension for the Pacific Bora. The contract extension increases the drillship’s backlog by approximately $439 million, bringing the company’s total contract backlog as of Aug. 22, 2014, to $3.0 billion. Pacific Bora is an upgraded Samsung 10,000 design dynamically-positioned drillship capable of operating in […]

Pacific Drilling S.A. a Luxembourg-headquartered offshore drilling contractor has secured more work for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships. The company has announced that that Chevron’s affiliate Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited has signed a firm contract extension for the Pacific Bora drillship. The contract extension increases the drillship’s backlog by approximately $439 million, bringing the […]

After it recently announced a deal to take the Pacific Bora drillship for its Guinea drilling, oil company Hyperdynamics on Friday said there has been a change of plan – or rather, a change of drillship. Namely, the oil firm said it has accepted a proposal from its drilling contractor, Pacific Drilling, to deploy the Pacific […]

Pacific Drilling announces that the Pacific Bora has been contracted to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a wholly owned Chevron subsidiary to work on the continued development of the Agbami Field in Nigeria. Total revenue from the contract is expected to be approximately $586million over the initial three year term. The rig is expected to […]

Hyperdynamics said it has accepted a proposal from its drilling contractor, Pacific Drilling, to deploy the Pacific Scirocco drillship in place of the Pacific Bora for its upcoming deepwater exploration well offshore the Republic of Guinea. Financial terms under the earlier contract with Pacific Drilling for the Pacific Bora are unchanged. Hyperdynamics plans to spud the Fatala-1 […]

Offshore oil exploration company Hyperdynamics has signed a definitive drilling services contract with Pacific Drilling to engage the Pacific Bora drillship. The company will use the drillship for a drilling campaign offshore the Republic of Guinea, starting in the second calendar quarter of 2017. “This contract underscores our commitment to drilling our next exploration well […]

Debt-laden offshore driller Pacific Drilling has managed to secure two contracts for its drillships. The driller, which on Monday said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, has found more work for its Pacific Bora and Pacific Santa Ana drillships. Oil company Erin Energy has exercised its option to extend the contract for the Pacific Bora. […]

Harris Pye Engineering Group has completed the repair of the Pacific International Drilling West Africa’s (PIDWAL) drillship Pacific Bora which suffered damage to the starboard aft hull off the coast of Nigeria. The Harris Pye team evaluated the repair, mobilized all necessary specialists and labour, steel, tools and equipment, and completed the task in less than two weeks […]

U.S. oil and gas company Erin Energy, formerly known as Camac Energy, deepened its net loss for the 2Q 2017 mainly owing to impairment charges on its oil and gas properties. Erin Energy informed on Wednesday that, in the second-quarter 2017, it recorded a net loss of $98.6 million, primarily as a result of a non-cash […]

Oil company Erin Energy has executed a drilling services contract with Pacific Drilling for the use of the Pacific Bora drillship offshore Nigeria. The drillship was hired for drilling operations on the Oyo-9 deepwater well offshore Nigeria, Erin Energy said on Monday. Under the conditions of the contract, the drillship will work under a base […]

Erin Energy is set to start drilling at the Oyo-9 well offshore Nigeria by the end of July, and has informed Pacific Drilling – whose rig it will be using – of its intention. According to Erin Energy Pacific Drilling has assured Erin of its readiness to mobilize its sixth drillship, Pacific Bora by the […]

Erin Energy has obtained funding commitment to drill its high-impact Miocene exploration well offshore Nigeria and temporarily suspended the hook-up of the Oyo-9 well due to delays in the release of the remaining funds. Regarding its Miocene exploration well, the oil company informed on Wednesday that the site survey of drilling location has been completed […]

Oil & gas company Erin Energy expects to more than double its oil production after it completes a pair of wells on the Oyo field located in OML 120, offshore Nigeria. Erin Energy currently produces approximately 6,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The company, formerly known as CAMAC Energy, said on Monday that drilling […]

Pacific Drilling S.A. today provided an update on the status of its ultra-deepwater drillships. The Pacific Bora commenced its three year contract with a wholly owned Chevron subsidiary on August 26, 2011, and continues to operate in the Agbami Field in Nigeria. The rig has reached performance levels in line with industry expectations. In addition, […]